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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on June 24, 2008
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsn064
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Anxiety and Somatic Complaints in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Anxiety Disorders

Lynette M. Dufton, MS, Madeleine J. Dunn, BS and Bruce E. Compas, PhD

Vanderbilt University

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lynette M. Dufton, Department of Psychology & Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Peabody 512, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. E-mail: lynette.dufton{at}vanderbilt.edu


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Objective To compare anxiety symptoms and disorders in children and adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), anxiety disorders, and healthy control children. Methods Twenty-one children with RAP (nine males, mean age = 11.05) were compared to 21 children with anxiety disorders (11 males, mean age = 12.29), and 21 children without pain or anxiety (nine males, mean age = 11.57) using diagnostic interviews and continuous measures of anxiety and other internalizing symptoms. Results Sixty-seven percent of children with RAP met criteria for an anxiety disorder. Children with RAP were higher than well children but not significantly different from children with anxiety on total internalizing and anxiety symptoms. Conclusions RAP and anxiety are closely related. Further understanding between these disorders is essential to understanding the development and progression of RAP, and to inform the prevention and treatment of the disorder.

Key words: adolescents; anxiety; children; recurrent pain.

Received October 17, 2007; revision received May 27, 2008; accepted May 27, 2008


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